Sighting date: 2024-04-11. Submitted by: Peter Ullrich. Location: Holme Wood, Loweswater .  2 male Pied Flycatcher back on territory NW end of Holme Wood, Loweswater – in song and fly catching – earliest I’ve ever seen them

Sighting date: 2024-04-01. Submitted by: Stephen Horsfield. Location: Blagill, Alston.  Red Kite with Buzzard.

Sighting date: 2024-04-10. Submitted by: Harry Coghill. Location: Borrans Park.  3 whooper swans came from the east turning north before re-orientating and heading south down Windermere. Also c175 pink footed geese NW, drake tufted duck (uncommon here), 5 house Martin, 2 swallow and 4 red breasted mergansers. My first patch morning above 50 species, full list here…

Sighting date: 2024-04-11. Submitted by: Ruth Sutton. Location: April 11th.  Two swallows near Lowther Street, Waberthwaite

Sighting date: 2024-04-08. Submitted by: Steven Swift. Location: Foulshaw Moss.  Heard a grasshopper warbler on the path east of the car park near the bench. Recorded sound on Merlín app. Reported it to the warden. He confirmed my sound recording and with real song. No sighting of bird though.

Sighting date: 2024-04-08. Submitted by: Harry Coghill. Location: University of Cumbria Ambleside .  Green woodpecker heard yaffling to the east.

Sighting date: 2024-04-08. Submitted by: Matthew Cookson. Location: Foulshaw Moss. 

Sighting date: 2024-04-08. Submitted by: Brian Howson. Location: Ulpha Meadows. 

Sighting date: 2024-04-08. Submitted by: Graham Burr. Location: Siddick pond .  Blackcap and willow warblers at siddick pond today along with 2 LRP and a male red breastfed merganser and a kingfisher

Sighting date: 2024-04-08. Submitted by: Harry Coghill. Location: Borrans Park, Ambleside .  A skein of 51 north over Borrans park this morning, also 14 redwing, 1 drake red breasted merganser, 2 swallow south. Full list here – https://ebird.org/checklist/S167672679